Overview

• Carabinieri in Misano Adriatico detained a Ukrainian citizen identified by prosecutors as Serhii K. overnight in the Rimini area, acting with Italy’s international police cooperation service and Interpol.
• German federal prosecutors say the suspect is believed to be one of the coordinators who helped place explosive devices on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines near Bornholm in September 2022.
• According to investigators, the group transported equipment on a sailing yacht rented in Rostock using false identity documents; Italian authorities seized the suspect’s phone and other devices.
• Germany will request his transfer so he can be brought before an examining judge at the Federal Court of Justice, while an Italian court in Bologna is set to weigh the surrender request.
• The detention marks the first arrest in the case as multinational inquiries continue into additional suspects and related leads, including probes previously opened in Germany and Italy.